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In safe hands - Jeff Mear

WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEW ZEALAND Trailer-building industry, the Mear family name ranks up there as one of the best. However, 'second-generation' Jeff Mear is not only proud to be carrying on the...


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Market steadies post-COVID

New Zealand’s new truck market steadied in June as the country returned – on the home front at least – to something approaching normal in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Double Coin Imaging Awards

More than a truck
Running a fleet of trucks was, definitively, not what Aucklander Mark Geor's business was all about.Rock and Rubble was established in late 2015 to provide cleanfill removal and tipping servi...

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NZTD News | Posted 24-10-2025 Auckland Transport launches pre-summer pothole blitz

Auckland Transport (AT) is once again rolling out its pre-summer Pothole Promise campaign, encouraging Aucklanders to report potholes on...

NZTD News | Posted 24-10-2025 Hendrickson Expands Commitment to New Zealand with New State-of-the-Art Facility

Auckland, New Zealand (October 2025) Hendrickson, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of commercial vehicle suspension systems and components,...

NZTD News | Posted 24-10-2025 Picton Truck Park opens

Mike Anderson from Penny Operations outside the purpose-built new facilities at the Picton Truck Park. Stage One of the...

NZTD News | Posted 24-10-2025 Roads, retreads and reliability

Confirmed investment for the Roads of National Significance

On Monday Transport Minister Chris Bishop announced that the Government is committing...

NZTD News | Posted 24-10-2025 Spring Storms and Strategic Shifts

As I write this, a violent spring storm is hammering the South Island and lower North Island. Parts of...

NZTD News | Posted 22-10-2025 Government supports international seafarers’ welfare

New Zealand continues to be a global leader in supporting international seafarers, with nearly $1 million in welfare funding...

NZTD News | Posted 22-10-2025 Next steps for Roads of National Significance

Combined funding of nearly $1.2 billion will see the Government’s Roads of National Significance programme move to the next...

NZTD News | Posted 22-10-2025 November Issue of NZ Truck & Driver magazine out next week

The new Volvo FH16 for HEB Construction has been named Nightcrawler after the character from the X-Men series.

The impressive...

NZTD News | Posted 22-10-2025 NRC pleased with NZTA endorsement of RoNS

National Road Carriers Association (NRC) is pleased to see rapid progress is being made on bringing all the projects...

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